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PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Fire Department is reminding residents to prevent kitchen fires for fire prevention month.
In 2012, the Portland Fire Department responded to 250 fires that were caused from cooking accidents. According to the National Fire Protection Association, cooking is the leading cause of home fires.
“We probably get 2 or 3 [calls] a shift. It could anything from someone left popcorn in their microwave too long and it sets off the alarms in their building,” says Joshua Corbin, a firefighter and paramedic at the Rosemont fire station. “To a grease fire in the kitchen which it gets too out of control.”
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